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t i Â° il ii i^^**n a town and count rt paper i>r.nted iverj tuesday r alexander martin for john sibley vol.1 â€” non acti parti fjustiriam speculamur no i9 t u e s d a r december ii 1792 just puultshkd and for sale at thi printing-office nliwbeil n a collection of the statutes of the parliament ofgrett.britain which are now in force in the state of north-carolina the fubferibers in the vicin age of town will on application at this office be furnifiied with their copies by the very firft opportunity the copies of diilant fubfciibcrs will be forwarded to the towns neareft to their refldence at the fame place may be had the office and authority of a justice of the peace ami also of sheriffs coroners conftables c according u the l/iu's of the state of north-carolina copies of which mav be had fmeltrs william farris waflnngtm hodge and wills edenton : jofeph rofs tarborough : stephen camberling green vilk : b stith halifax : john hogg hilljbtrongh : robert donnell wayne t perry and tarbe fayetteville : montfort stokes salijburj : dr j kingftmry mattamujkee't : mr william ferrand swanjlwrough . -.__. ' a l s 6 b brown's chancery cafes d-.illas's reports.stranges reports peere william's reports lord raymond's re ports sir thomas raymond's reports gilbert's law of evidence loffis do burrows reports lily's entries grok.-'s reports blackftone's do i.ovelafs on wills powell on powers powellon mort gages hamfonv chancery practice impey's k b and c p praflice mallo ry's entries morgan's eftay cafes ad jsdged in k b taibnt cafes tthti fubferiber hereby tn â– *- forms the public that the house he lately occupied being burned he has again opened a house of entertainment and boarding.in the large houfe where he formerly lived on the other fide f the bridge belonging to mr hogg which by fome late additions and repairs is rendered very convenient he will be happy to fee his old friends andacq'nint ance and aflures them his late misfor tunes will not leffen his efforts to make them happy at his wiu habitation h ufes the fame stables he formerly did where the bed attendance and accom modations for horfes are dill continued lee dekeyser faysttsville nov 19 179 e.p.t to the public the large lottery propofed is by defire put into a divifion of jootic kets at one dollar and a half lilver each ticket ; and the following plan is fixed upon the scheme frizes dollars dollars i of 50 is 50 i - â€¢ 2 20 9-10 20 10 â€¢ - 5 50 56 - 1 m the laft drawn ticket 4 70 prizes dollars 356 130 blanks commiflion 44 300 tickets as above dols 300 therefore every ticket will be pakl the full amount of the prize it may draw without any deduction on producing the fortunate number to the treafurer the day alter drawing Â» hich it j is to be hoped will produce a ready f:ile of the tickets to carry the olyecl of this lottery granted to me into efiect v h lutterloh proprietor of tbe lottery edward si msom trufunr nfh c3 tickets may he had at the treafur ei's itotc in newbern ocl 22 j^t/yhf.reas i am law Â» * fully and rightfully poftefted of certain negroes viz rcji emilia saw hannah ned and rhodey bequeathed to becky the daoglueroi levi glass late of bladen county deceafed by virtue of my intermarriage with ihe faid becky â€” now thefe are to forewarn all perlbns not to have any dealings or other elfc to do'with ihe ftiid negtoes or any of them cvtn under my hitnd,ihis i;d octobl r 1792 johneagan rfcvlr.uk an asbtrac7 of the principal alterations in regard ttthe revenue from diftilled fpiiits made ly tie an of congrefs of the 8/a hey of j\itiy 1 70 v concerning the dut1 es on spirits dil'tilled within the uni ted states " sctlion i â€” declares hat theprefent duties on fpirits of jl native or domtftic materials fliall be reduced on and after the firll day of july next the duties on ths firft clafs of proof that is on fpiriti of the ftrenglh of common proof vvhilkey aietobe lowered wo cents frcm the former duty of nine cents per gallon to feven cents the flronger fpitits f native materials are to be lowered in due proportion but to accommodate thofe who have had the right to pav according to the capacity of the mill that i the country diftillers and diftillerie of the cufloir..iry extent in the inland towns c the following arrange mentsand redik n ions have been made by congrels lo take place after entering as diietfed in the fecond fecftion dillille ries in cities townsandvillae"s the whole capacity of the fii'ls in which do not a imunt to four hurdred gallons may pay fifty four cents inflead of the former du ty of fixty cents for each gallon that the till will hold or meal'ure fat a whole year's dillilling herein all diflilleries in the country may pay the fame reduced duty of fifty four cents â€” that is a flill of one hundred gallons in the country or in a city townorvillage(if there be not in fuch town diftillery a ills altogether equal tofour hundred gallons willpay 5400 cenrs or 54 dollars for the while year or the dilliller may if he chutes take out a li cenfe to be applied for at the collector's office for one month at ten cent on every gallon the ftill will meafure or hold or for more than one month at the fame rr.le of ten cents per month for every gallon the flill will hold : or the dilliller may pay for the fpirits he fh.ill actually diftil through the year at the rate of feren cents for each gallon of common whif kcy proof or firft proof liquor diflilled j and {(> in proportion for what ftiall be flronger than common the law gives thefe elections or choifes to the diflillei and requites of him to make known his choice in one or the other way in writing aformfnr which thecolkctor will furnifh the diftiller will then receive a licenfe figned by the supervifor if he intends to pay by the capacity of the hill and not by the gallon difiilled if he docs not make his choice or acts contr'iy to it after chuling then he is to pay fifty four cent per annum on every gallon the flill will mtafure or hold no fee is to be charged for the licenfe nor for any other p.ipers which may lie urnifhed to thedif tillers or others or which fhall be required of them the licenfe will mention the day when he i to begin and the day when he is to end his dillilling it is to be figned by the supervifor and counlcr figned by the collator if the diftiller elects to pay the monthly rate often cents he muit not dillil before nor after the limited time for which the licenfe is with out getting a new licenfe under the penal ty of two hun 1 ed dollars sw7/#n 2 â€” direttt at lead one op.ice of infnetfion in erc ry county in each dillrict or l\ate every pofteflbr of a ftill of whatever lixe whe ther it be employed in difliliing or net is to enter his ilill in the courfe of the month of june in eachyear ; stills bought or in any way procured by a rclidcnt in any county or brought into a cennty by a perfon moving into fuch county are to be entered at the fonts office within thir ty days of their piocuring or removing them and before diftilling with them the entry is to dcfciibe the flill and to â– mention its capacity the place where it lies and in whofe polfellion it is and whether it is intended for dillilling or for fale and if it iiia.ll have been removed in to the county horn whence it was fo re moved the penalty for omitting to en ter a flill as above required is sett 13 two hundred and fifty dollars on the own er or poffcifor sell ion 3 thf owners and polfdlbrs of flills are pintly and separately liable for the dury as is the ilill itfelf and the owner of the land upon whick a ftill ftiall be worked unlefs the perfon be a tenant on leafe for a year or moie or unjefs the owner of the land can prove the diitillcr to have been a irelpafl'er ot an intruder on the land du ting tile whole time of working the ftill.l setlion 5 â€” provides that calks c which have been legal ly marked and afterwards emptied may have the marks taken off by an officer and may be again ufed for fpirits and a gain legally mai ked by an officer seflitn 7 â€” dtclaes that two gallonsin every hundred gal lons of fpiiiis which lhall be entered for the payment of duty according to law hall be allowed for leakage at the dil , liilery scfikn 8 â€” provider that all flills on which the duty is to be paid on their capacity that is on the number of gallons which tl.ey can holdy hall be identified : to which end they will be maikcd and numbered which will be done with impredive punches,provided for ihe purpofc by the oflicers sellicn 9 all fpirits in the hands of difttllers or dealer are to be entered at the office of ini'peciion for the divifion on or before ihe twenty niiiili j.iy of 8l[jhÂ»llwl ucai and they will then beccrtificdas old lock on and after the thirtieth day of septem ber fpirits in ci-.l'cs and velfcls unmatked and ubcertified of twenty gallons or more in pcfllflion of a dc.ilor or diltiller except atthc dipiillery where thefame wereniade will be liable to fei/.ure ; and fpirits in calks or vellelscf twenty gallons or more unmarked or uncertified going from one place to another v ill all'o be li.ible to fei/.ure on and after the faid thirtieth day of september the oflicers ol infpeaion are to take meaf res for marking all fuch cafks which were not required by law to be marked before and are to give certifi catet for the fame at the requcll of any dilliller or dealer in order to protect the cafks and their contents from the above mentioned confequences william polk supenifir diftiirt cf kirth-canl'ma c3 n 0 t e the following encouragements are alfo given by congrefs to the diflillers from native or domestic materials viz the importation of gin in cafrs jugs bottles and mall cafks and brandy and other fphits in the fame is prohibited after april 1793 spirits dillilled in the united state from molalfes and other fo reign materials are to pay from ten cents to twenty-five cents according to their proof or itrength : imported fphits ma je from grain arc to pay from twenty eight to fiy cents ; and all other import ed fpiiits from twenty-five to forty-fix cents i 34w to be soldzi public vendue in the town of wilmington at thejiipcrior covrt,thefirjl-wcekin march next unlefs difpjfti ef before at private fale j^jve valuable lots in the â€¢*â€¢ faid town with their ir/iprovements fituated on the north fide of dock-ftreet from the corner to the river with a good wharf two commodious three itory dwelling houfcs with llores and cellars a large ware houle blackfinith's hop ftaiilc and every neccli'.tvy out building ; faid lot will be fold fcpenitely or toge ther the conditions will be made known on the day offale e dewey congress houfeof representatives of t ii e united states fridat novemier 16 sixty-rwo members have arrived lince the opening of the prefent lef fion fifty-two attended this day a bill for regulating cf foreign coins and otlier purpofes was read th firft and fecond tim and referred to a committee of tlu-wnole for monday next one hun dred copies to be printed for the life of liie members this bill is founded prin cipally on the following report of a com mittee of the senate : â€” united staffs â€” in senate april 4 1792 the committee to whom the fubjeft of weights and meafures was referred report that it is their opinion 1 . the ftandard for the meafures and weights of the united states be an uni form cylindrical rod of iron cf fuch length as in lat 45 in the level of the ocean and in a cellar of uniform natu ral temperature fliall perform its vibra tions in null and equal a;cs in one fe cond of mean time 2 that the prefident of hhe united states be reqnfted to have fuch a fland ard rod provided ; that it be prepared with all the accuracy which the import ance of the object merits and circumstan ces admit ; that this be done either by ac tual experiments or reclitied under the parellelof 45 of latitude complete or by actual expeiimente.rectified by due allow ance under any other parellel where a fuperiority of means for accurate experi ment may promife on the whole great er truth in the rod 3d that the expenfes of the meafures he ihall adopt for this purpofe not ex ceeding dollars be defrayed bj tlic put>1tr â€¢ 4 the flandard rod fo to be provided fhall be divided into five equal parts one of which to be called a foot lhall be the unit of meafurei of length for the united slates : that the foot lhall be divided into loinchc the inch into io lines the line into it points ; and that 10 feet made a decae'e ; 10 decades a road ; io roods a furlong ; and 10 furlons a mile 5 that meafures of furface in the u nited states be made by fquares of the meafurei of length ; and thut in the cafe of lands the unit ihall be a iquare where whereof every fide ihall be 100 feet to be called a r"od ; that each rood be divid ed into tenths and hundreths ; that tea roods make a double acre ; and that tea double acresafquare furlong 6 that the unit of meafures of capa city in the united states be a cubit foot to be called abufhel :â€” that each bufhel be dirided into io pottles ; each pottle into 10 demi pints ; each demi pint into 10 metres ; that 10 bulhels be a quarter and io quarters a lift or double ton 7 that the unit of weights of the uni ted states be a cubic inch of rain water to be called an ounce and to be meafur ed and weighed in a cellar of unifoim and natural temperature 8 th;it the ounce be divided intodcu ble fcruples the do'lble fcruples into 10 carats the carat into 10 rr.ir.ims or demi grains.the minim into 10 mites ; â€” that 10 ounces make a pound 10 pouncha done 10 lones aken'al 10 kertals a hogfheadi a letter to the fpeaker from the sec retary cfilate was read written on be hnlffcf the truflces appointed to redeem the public debt viz the vice preiijent chief juitice secretary of sta^e secre tary ofthetreafÂ¥ry,anthhcattoÂ«nej'*g3 ner.il vi lithe approbation of the p;eii dtnt pf the united states ; from this com murication it appears that through the agency of surnu^l meredith trcafurer of the united dates iri philadelphia and wil'iam heaton in new-york,the.imouiit of public fecuritiet purchafed is 1,495.457 if)ll irs and 89 cents for which 1,67,821 dolfart and 65 cents fpecie have been dif buifijd and for which credit is palled to the tresi fury one hundred copies ofthis report were ordered to be printed l5'the cstenfn-eciiv.ulatitm if ti>ii faperin the jisrts of the staici trorrt w.'ilnh the greault quantity of 1'aoducf it brought 10 market rea ders i 1 i'omplue vehicle icr the ir.fÂ«t:Â«n of t'lt apvcrttlvmshti ofgtiitlum;nia ifade.j

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t i Â° il ii i^^**n a town and count rt paper i>r.nted iverj tuesday r alexander martin for john sibley vol.1 â€” non acti parti fjustiriam speculamur no i9 t u e s d a r december ii 1792 just puultshkd and for sale at thi printing-office nliwbeil n a collection of the statutes of the parliament ofgrett.britain which are now in force in the state of north-carolina the fubferibers in the vicin age of town will on application at this office be furnifiied with their copies by the very firft opportunity the copies of diilant fubfciibcrs will be forwarded to the towns neareft to their refldence at the fame place may be had the office and authority of a justice of the peace ami also of sheriffs coroners conftables c according u the l/iu's of the state of north-carolina copies of which mav be had fmeltrs william farris waflnngtm hodge and wills edenton : jofeph rofs tarborough : stephen camberling green vilk : b stith halifax : john hogg hilljbtrongh : robert donnell wayne t perry and tarbe fayetteville : montfort stokes salijburj : dr j kingftmry mattamujkee't : mr william ferrand swanjlwrough . -.__. ' a l s 6 b brown's chancery cafes d-.illas's reports.stranges reports peere william's reports lord raymond's re ports sir thomas raymond's reports gilbert's law of evidence loffis do burrows reports lily's entries grok.-'s reports blackftone's do i.ovelafs on wills powell on powers powellon mort gages hamfonv chancery practice impey's k b and c p praflice mallo ry's entries morgan's eftay cafes ad jsdged in k b taibnt cafes tthti fubferiber hereby tn â– *- forms the public that the house he lately occupied being burned he has again opened a house of entertainment and boarding.in the large houfe where he formerly lived on the other fide f the bridge belonging to mr hogg which by fome late additions and repairs is rendered very convenient he will be happy to fee his old friends andacq'nint ance and aflures them his late misfor tunes will not leffen his efforts to make them happy at his wiu habitation h ufes the fame stables he formerly did where the bed attendance and accom modations for horfes are dill continued lee dekeyser faysttsville nov 19 179 e.p.t to the public the large lottery propofed is by defire put into a divifion of jootic kets at one dollar and a half lilver each ticket ; and the following plan is fixed upon the scheme frizes dollars dollars i of 50 is 50 i - â€¢ 2 20 9-10 20 10 â€¢ - 5 50 56 - 1 m the laft drawn ticket 4 70 prizes dollars 356 130 blanks commiflion 44 300 tickets as above dols 300 therefore every ticket will be pakl the full amount of the prize it may draw without any deduction on producing the fortunate number to the treafurer the day alter drawing Â» hich it j is to be hoped will produce a ready f:ile of the tickets to carry the olyecl of this lottery granted to me into efiect v h lutterloh proprietor of tbe lottery edward si msom trufunr nfh c3 tickets may he had at the treafur ei's itotc in newbern ocl 22 j^t/yhf.reas i am law Â» * fully and rightfully poftefted of certain negroes viz rcji emilia saw hannah ned and rhodey bequeathed to becky the daoglueroi levi glass late of bladen county deceafed by virtue of my intermarriage with ihe faid becky â€” now thefe are to forewarn all perlbns not to have any dealings or other elfc to do'with ihe ftiid negtoes or any of them cvtn under my hitnd,ihis i;d octobl r 1792 johneagan rfcvlr.uk an asbtrac7 of the principal alterations in regard ttthe revenue from diftilled fpiiits made ly tie an of congrefs of the 8/a hey of j\itiy 1 70 v concerning the dut1 es on spirits dil'tilled within the uni ted states " sctlion i â€” declares hat theprefent duties on fpirits of jl native or domtftic materials fliall be reduced on and after the firll day of july next the duties on ths firft clafs of proof that is on fpiriti of the ftrenglh of common proof vvhilkey aietobe lowered wo cents frcm the former duty of nine cents per gallon to feven cents the flronger fpitits f native materials are to be lowered in due proportion but to accommodate thofe who have had the right to pav according to the capacity of the mill that i the country diftillers and diftillerie of the cufloir..iry extent in the inland towns c the following arrange mentsand redik n ions have been made by congrels lo take place after entering as diietfed in the fecond fecftion dillille ries in cities townsandvillae"s the whole capacity of the fii'ls in which do not a imunt to four hurdred gallons may pay fifty four cents inflead of the former du ty of fixty cents for each gallon that the till will hold or meal'ure fat a whole year's dillilling herein all diflilleries in the country may pay the fame reduced duty of fifty four cents â€” that is a flill of one hundred gallons in the country or in a city townorvillage(if there be not in fuch town diftillery a ills altogether equal tofour hundred gallons willpay 5400 cenrs or 54 dollars for the while year or the dilliller may if he chutes take out a li cenfe to be applied for at the collector's office for one month at ten cent on every gallon the ftill will meafure or hold or for more than one month at the fame rr.le of ten cents per month for every gallon the flill will hold : or the dilliller may pay for the fpirits he fh.ill actually diftil through the year at the rate of feren cents for each gallon of common whif kcy proof or firft proof liquor diflilled j and {(> in proportion for what ftiall be flronger than common the law gives thefe elections or choifes to the diflillei and requites of him to make known his choice in one or the other way in writing aformfnr which thecolkctor will furnifh the diftiller will then receive a licenfe figned by the supervifor if he intends to pay by the capacity of the hill and not by the gallon difiilled if he docs not make his choice or acts contr'iy to it after chuling then he is to pay fifty four cent per annum on every gallon the flill will mtafure or hold no fee is to be charged for the licenfe nor for any other p.ipers which may lie urnifhed to thedif tillers or others or which fhall be required of them the licenfe will mention the day when he i to begin and the day when he is to end his dillilling it is to be figned by the supervifor and counlcr figned by the collator if the diftiller elects to pay the monthly rate often cents he muit not dillil before nor after the limited time for which the licenfe is with out getting a new licenfe under the penal ty of two hun 1 ed dollars sw7/#n 2 â€” direttt at lead one op.ice of infnetfion in erc ry county in each dillrict or l\ate every pofteflbr of a ftill of whatever lixe whe ther it be employed in difliliing or net is to enter his ilill in the courfe of the month of june in eachyear ; stills bought or in any way procured by a rclidcnt in any county or brought into a cennty by a perfon moving into fuch county are to be entered at the fonts office within thir ty days of their piocuring or removing them and before diftilling with them the entry is to dcfciibe the flill and to â– mention its capacity the place where it lies and in whofe polfellion it is and whether it is intended for dillilling or for fale and if it iiia.ll have been removed in to the county horn whence it was fo re moved the penalty for omitting to en ter a flill as above required is sett 13 two hundred and fifty dollars on the own er or poffcifor sell ion 3 thf owners and polfdlbrs of flills are pintly and separately liable for the dury as is the ilill itfelf and the owner of the land upon whick a ftill ftiall be worked unlefs the perfon be a tenant on leafe for a year or moie or unjefs the owner of the land can prove the diitillcr to have been a irelpafl'er ot an intruder on the land du ting tile whole time of working the ftill.l setlion 5 â€” provides that calks c which have been legal ly marked and afterwards emptied may have the marks taken off by an officer and may be again ufed for fpirits and a gain legally mai ked by an officer seflitn 7 â€” dtclaes that two gallonsin every hundred gal lons of fpiiiis which lhall be entered for the payment of duty according to law hall be allowed for leakage at the dil , liilery scfikn 8 â€” provider that all flills on which the duty is to be paid on their capacity that is on the number of gallons which tl.ey can holdy hall be identified : to which end they will be maikcd and numbered which will be done with impredive punches,provided for ihe purpofc by the oflicers sellicn 9 all fpirits in the hands of difttllers or dealer are to be entered at the office of ini'peciion for the divifion on or before ihe twenty niiiili j.iy of 8l[jhÂ»llwl ucai and they will then beccrtificdas old lock on and after the thirtieth day of septem ber fpirits in ci-.l'cs and velfcls unmatked and ubcertified of twenty gallons or more in pcfllflion of a dc.ilor or diltiller except atthc dipiillery where thefame wereniade will be liable to fei/.ure ; and fpirits in calks or vellelscf twenty gallons or more unmarked or uncertified going from one place to another v ill all'o be li.ible to fei/.ure on and after the faid thirtieth day of september the oflicers ol infpeaion are to take meaf res for marking all fuch cafks which were not required by law to be marked before and are to give certifi catet for the fame at the requcll of any dilliller or dealer in order to protect the cafks and their contents from the above mentioned confequences william polk supenifir diftiirt cf kirth-canl'ma c3 n 0 t e the following encouragements are alfo given by congrefs to the diflillers from native or domestic materials viz the importation of gin in cafrs jugs bottles and mall cafks and brandy and other fphits in the fame is prohibited after april 1793 spirits dillilled in the united state from molalfes and other fo reign materials are to pay from ten cents to twenty-five cents according to their proof or itrength : imported fphits ma je from grain arc to pay from twenty eight to fiy cents ; and all other import ed fpiiits from twenty-five to forty-fix cents i 34w to be soldzi public vendue in the town of wilmington at thejiipcrior covrt,thefirjl-wcekin march next unlefs difpjfti ef before at private fale j^jve valuable lots in the â€¢*â€¢ faid town with their ir/iprovements fituated on the north fide of dock-ftreet from the corner to the river with a good wharf two commodious three itory dwelling houfcs with llores and cellars a large ware houle blackfinith's hop ftaiilc and every neccli'.tvy out building ; faid lot will be fold fcpenitely or toge ther the conditions will be made known on the day offale e dewey congress houfeof representatives of t ii e united states fridat novemier 16 sixty-rwo members have arrived lince the opening of the prefent lef fion fifty-two attended this day a bill for regulating cf foreign coins and otlier purpofes was read th firft and fecond tim and referred to a committee of tlu-wnole for monday next one hun dred copies to be printed for the life of liie members this bill is founded prin cipally on the following report of a com mittee of the senate : â€” united staffs â€” in senate april 4 1792 the committee to whom the fubjeft of weights and meafures was referred report that it is their opinion 1 . the ftandard for the meafures and weights of the united states be an uni form cylindrical rod of iron cf fuch length as in lat 45 in the level of the ocean and in a cellar of uniform natu ral temperature fliall perform its vibra tions in null and equal a;cs in one fe cond of mean time 2 that the prefident of hhe united states be reqnfted to have fuch a fland ard rod provided ; that it be prepared with all the accuracy which the import ance of the object merits and circumstan ces admit ; that this be done either by ac tual experiments or reclitied under the parellelof 45 of latitude complete or by actual expeiimente.rectified by due allow ance under any other parellel where a fuperiority of means for accurate experi ment may promife on the whole great er truth in the rod 3d that the expenfes of the meafures he ihall adopt for this purpofe not ex ceeding dollars be defrayed bj tlic put>1tr â€¢ 4 the flandard rod fo to be provided fhall be divided into five equal parts one of which to be called a foot lhall be the unit of meafurei of length for the united slates : that the foot lhall be divided into loinchc the inch into io lines the line into it points ; and that 10 feet made a decae'e ; 10 decades a road ; io roods a furlong ; and 10 furlons a mile 5 that meafures of furface in the u nited states be made by fquares of the meafurei of length ; and thut in the cafe of lands the unit ihall be a iquare where whereof every fide ihall be 100 feet to be called a r"od ; that each rood be divid ed into tenths and hundreths ; that tea roods make a double acre ; and that tea double acresafquare furlong 6 that the unit of meafures of capa city in the united states be a cubit foot to be called abufhel :â€” that each bufhel be dirided into io pottles ; each pottle into 10 demi pints ; each demi pint into 10 metres ; that 10 bulhels be a quarter and io quarters a lift or double ton 7 that the unit of weights of the uni ted states be a cubic inch of rain water to be called an ounce and to be meafur ed and weighed in a cellar of unifoim and natural temperature 8 th;it the ounce be divided intodcu ble fcruples the do'lble fcruples into 10 carats the carat into 10 rr.ir.ims or demi grains.the minim into 10 mites ; â€” that 10 ounces make a pound 10 pouncha done 10 lones aken'al 10 kertals a hogfheadi a letter to the fpeaker from the sec retary cfilate was read written on be hnlffcf the truflces appointed to redeem the public debt viz the vice preiijent chief juitice secretary of sta^e secre tary ofthetreafÂ¥ry,anthhcattoÂ«nej'*g3 ner.il vi lithe approbation of the p;eii dtnt pf the united states ; from this com murication it appears that through the agency of surnu^l meredith trcafurer of the united dates iri philadelphia and wil'iam heaton in new-york,the.imouiit of public fecuritiet purchafed is 1,495.457 if)ll irs and 89 cents for which 1,67,821 dolfart and 65 cents fpecie have been dif buifijd and for which credit is palled to the tresi fury one hundred copies ofthis report were ordered to be printed l5'the cstenfn-eciiv.ulatitm if ti>ii faperin the jisrts of the staici trorrt w.'ilnh the greault quantity of 1'aoducf it brought 10 market rea ders i 1 i'omplue vehicle icr the ir.fÂ«t:Â«n of t'lt apvcrttlvmshti ofgtiitlum;nia ifade.j